Enable BigFix Client Interacting with Desktop
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Description

Enabling the BigFix service to interact with the desktop allows the service to display information on the desktop (i.e. non-silent installers when deploying applications). This task may not affect newer Microsoft operating systems such as Vista.

Note: Interacting with the desktop may present security issues.

Note: This task will restart the BES Client service. Please schedule this task to occur at a time when a service interruption is acceptable.


Property Details

ID411
TitleEnable BigFix Client Interacting with Desktop
CategoryBES Client Setting
Download Size0
SourceBigFix
Source ID<Unspecified>
Source Severity<Unspecified>
Source Release Date6/9/2008 12:00:00 AM
KeywordsClient BES BigFix Interacting TABLE
Added by on 10/17/2012 1:15:23 PM
Last Modified by on 10/17/2012 1:15:23 PM
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Used in 257 fixlets and 9 analyses   * Results in a true/false
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name of operating system as lowercase starts with "win"
Used in 2 fixlets   * Results in a true/false
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NOT (name of it starts with "Win9" or name of it = "WinME") of operating system
Used in 1 fixlet   * Results in a true/false
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NOT can interact with desktop of running service "BESClient"
Used in 2 fixlets   * Results in a true/false
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exists file "sc.exe" of system folder

Actions

Action 1

Action Link Click here to enable the BigFix client to interact with the desktop.
Script Type BigFix Action Script
delete __appendfile 
delete netquiet.bat
appendfile @ECHO OFF
appendfile start "" /MIN /B {pathname of system folder}\sc.exe \\. config BESClient type= interact type= own > NUL 2> NUL && net stop besclient > NUL 2> NUL && net start besclient > NUL 2> NUL
move __appendfile netquiet.bat
run netquiet.bat
Success Criteria

This action will be considered successful when the applicability relevance evaluates to false.

Action 2

Action Link Click here to view Microsoft KB Article 327618, which explains the security issue.
Script Type URL
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327618
    

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